July 27, 2015 A cottontail bunny welcomed me with a fantastic rabbit dance from the edge of the field… Spirits of inspiration, beauty, magic abide here at Write On. May those who follow me join in the mystery. My gratitude always to Jerod and all the folks who make my visits possible. Rock on! Dale… [ Read On ]

July 5, 2015 What a wonderful refuge! Thank you, Jerod, for welcoming me and opening the doors to Write On. May the dream continue to grow… With all best wishes, Patricia Skalka (Chicago, Illinois) Novelist, author of the Dave Cubiak Door County Mystery Series, including Death Stalks Door County and Death at Gills Rock

May 31, 2015 Than you to those who cleared the path for walking across the street. Your generosity and work allowed me to experience a concert this Sunday morning. The wind played the leaves of the birch trees and moved across and through the stalks of tall grasses. Sublime. Mary Ellen Munley (Oak Park, Illinois)… [ Read On ]

May 23, 2015 I’ve slept deeply, walked often and luxuriated in silence and stillness and the thousand little flutterings of bees and birds and insects – these simple things that are vital to my writing grain and so hard to catch hold of in my regular life. Thank you, Door County, for letting me be… [ Read On ]

May 23, 2015 I don’t want to write about this place in the past tense. Re my future return, I will walk the circular paths at dawn (at least a few times within my next stay). I will complete a piece of writing in the Coop. I will return to walk the craggy trail at… [ Read On ]

May 16, 2015 A couple mornings ago as I sat facing the back, first a hummingbird came, quick and bright, all its energy focused on blossom, blossom, blossom. Then a turkey came along, lifting first one slender elbow leg and then another, bobbing its head to expand its world, and like that, plodding and bobbing,… [ Read On ]

May 4, 2015 I’m grateful for these few days of jonquils opening, waves booming into and under the dolomite ledges at Cave Point, Paleozoic cousins embedded in the rock at Newport State Park, howling pack of coyotes at twilight, loons, pelicans, multitudes of like midges (yes, even grateful for them), full moon on May 3,… [ Read On ]

April 9, 2015 What a wonderful week – unpleasant weather notwithstanding. Thank you Jerod, Write On, and the Peninsula Pulse Hal Prize for the opportunity to spend a week reentering myself into my writing. It couldn’t have come at a more perfect time after spending the last several months getting my book up, reading and… [ Read On ]

January 17, 2015 I spent the week writing with Emily. What a treasure this place is! The country landscape and home comfort proved most productive for my work. Thanks for the opportunity to fell fresh and new. Katie Rensch (Minneapolis, MN) Poet, University of Minnesota Creative Writing program

January 17, 2015 Last morning in Door County. I’ve enjoyed lovely, long days here – soft snow and deep quiet. I loved walking west on Juddville Road to watch the sunset over the frozen bay. Taught a lively memoir workshop at the Senior Center – perhaps the most interesting and hilarious workshop I’ve ever had!… [ Read On ]

December 6, 2014 I am so grateful for this place that is so close to my own house, but where I somehow managed to feel truly away and productive. Other than a minor coffeepot-break incident and occasionally wanting to put my guitar through a wall, this was a focusing and productive time for me. Thanks… [ Read On ]

November 23, 2014 “Believe me, those who seem to be busied with nothing are busied with great tasks; they are dealing with things mortal and things immortal.” – Seneca, Epistle VII As I pack up my things – books, pens, scraps of poetry ‘confetti,’ hard-boiled eggs for the drive – I am filled with gratitude… [ Read On ]

November 14, 2014 My second visit to Write On … and now I’m convinced that the divas and dakins, the lamas and rinpodes, the Native spirits, the ghosts of the four-leggeds and wingeds, have congregated here to anoint this place and this house with benevolent charms. And those here now – Jerod, Anne, Bill, Vinni,… [ Read On ]

August 25, 2014 A hedge of trees surrounds me; A blackbird’s lay sings to me Praise which I will not hide… Above my manuscript – the line one The trilling of the birds sings to be In a gray mantle the cuckoo sings A beautiful chant to me from The tops of bushes: May the… [ Read On ]

August 9, 2014 Sharon and I spent a wonderful week here on Juddville Road. Our 30th wedding anniversary as it turns out. The point of our stay was a writing workshop and a hike through a Land Trust property. The people in the workshop were knowledgeable, good-natured, and fun to be with. After the hike,… [ Read On ]

July 31, 2014 I came here to give a talk on enchantment and love, and love and enchantment were here waiting for me… The beauty and generative spirits in the house on Juddville Road abound. The welcoming human spirits—Jerod, Lynne, Anne, Raeona, Rebecca—welcomed me not only to Door County but to the vision they share… [ Read On ]

July 13, 2014 What your home and yard, people, poets, fields, water and country roadways gave to me: • A leafing out of new poems fed by free time, books, green views from every window, and a pair of fawns with their balsa wood lightness; • Such good sleep in the soft sweep of rain,… [ Read On ]

May 31, 2014 It is an absolute joy to stay in this spacious and gorgeous house. Quiet, lovely, natural, and inspiring. As someone who has visited many a writing center and residency, I can truly say that this is a unique and coveted space. Continue the great work, Write On! Sonya Larson (Boston, MA) Fiction… [ Read On ]

May 3, 2014 I am tired … in a good way. A week at the Write On house, teaching children at the school and an eight-hour workshop on Saturday has left me yes tired and filled with joy! I met amazing children and amazing adults this week! Thank you for asking me to stay and… [ Read On ]

April 19, 2014 What a beautiful, peaceful place for finding names and writing words. It has been an honor to be the first person to write in residence at Write On, Door County. Thank you.” Larry Shelton (Minneapolis, MN) Fiction writer